into practice.
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"O sinner, be not
discouraged, but have
recourse to Mary in all you
necessities. Call her to your
assistance, for such is the
divine Will that she should
help in every kind of
necessity."
- Saint Basil the Great
"If you invoke the blessed
Virgin when you are tempted,
she will come at once to your
help, and Satan will leave
you."
- Saint John Vianney
"If you ever feel distressed
during your day, call upon our
Lady, just say this simple
prayer: 'Mary, Mother of
Jesus, please be a mother to
me now.' I must admit, this
prayer has never failed me."
- Blessed Mother Teresa
"Let us run to Mary, and, as
her little children, cast
ourselves into her arms with
a perfect confidence."
- Saint Francis de Sales
"The Son of God became man
for our salvation but only in
Mary and through Mary."
- Saint Louis Marie de
Montfort
"As mariners are guided into
port by the shining of a star,
so Christians are guided to
heaven by Mary."
- Saint Thomas Aquinas
"Mary was the first person to
take the 'way' to enter the
Kingdom of God that Christ
opened, a way which is
accessible to the humble, to
all who trust in the word of
God and endeavor to put it
- Pope Benedict XVI
"In trial or difficulty I have
recourse to Mother Mary,
whose glance alone is enough
to dissipate every fear."
- Saint Therese of Lisieux
"May the mother of Jesus and
our mother, always smile on
your spirit, obtaining for it,
from her most holy son, every
heavenly blessing."
- Saint Padre Pio
“The world being unworthy to
receive the Son of God
directly from the hands of the
Father, he gave his Son to
Mary for the world to receive
him from her.”
-Saint Augustine
“What a joy to remember that
she is our Mother! Since she
loves us and knows our
weakness, what have we to
fear?”
-Therese of lisieux
“Let us learn from the Virgin
Mary how to be bolder in
obeying the word of God.”
-Pope Francis
“If you ever feel distressed
during your day - call upon
our Lady - just say this simple
prayer: 'Mary, Mother of
Jesus, please be a mother to
me now.' I must admit - this
prayer has never failed me”.
-Mother Teresa
“May the Mother of Jesus and
our Mother, always smile on
your spirit, obtaining for it,
from her Most Holy Son,
every heavenly blessing.”
-Pio of Pietrelcina
“The world being unworthy to
receive the Son of God
directly from the hands of the
Father, he gave his Son to
Mary for the world to receive
him from her.”
-Saint Augustine
“What a joy to remember that
she is our Mother! Since she
loves us and knows our
weakness, what have we to
fear?”
-Therese of Lisieux
“Mary, my dearest Mother,
give me your heart so
beautiful, so pure, so
immaculate, your heart so full
of love and humility, that I
may be able to receive Jesus
in the Bread of Life, love Him
as you loved Hitn and serve
Him in the distressing
disguise of the poorest of the
poor.”
-Mother Teresa
“As mariners are guided into
port by the shining of a star,
so Christians are guided to
heaven by Mary.”
-Thomas Aquinas
“No matter how sinful one
may have been, if he has
devotion to Mary, it is
impossible that he be lost.”
-Hilary of Poitiers
“Even while living in the
world, the heart of Mary was
so filled with motherly
tenderness and compassion
for men that no-one ever
suffered so much for their
own pains, as Mary suffered
for the pains of her children.”
-St. Jerome

“In myself I am nothing. It all
comes from God and the
Virgin Mary.”
-Lech Walesa
“In trial or difficulty I have
recourse to Mother Mary,
whose glance alone is enough
to dissipate every fear.”
-Therese of Lisieux
“Prayer is powerful beyond
limits when we turn to the
Immaculata who is queen
even of God's heart.”
-Maximilian Kolbe
“Devotion to you, O Blessed
Virgin, is a means of salvation
which God gives to those
whom he wishes to save.”
-John of Damascus
“Let those who think that the
Church pays too much
attention to Mary give heed
to the fact that Our Blessed
Lord Himself gave ten times
as much of His life to her as
He gave to His Apostles.”
-Fulton J. Sheen
“Before, by yourself, you
couldn't. Now, you've turned
to our Lady, and with her,
how easy!”
-Josemaria Escriva
“The Virgin Mary, being
obedient to his word,
received from an angel the
glad tidings that she would
bear God.”
-Irenaeus of Lyons
“Always stay close to this
Heavenly Mother, because
she is the sea to be crossed
to reach the shores of Eternal
Splendour.”
-Pio of Pietrelcina
“The Christian who does not
feel that the Virgin Mary is his
or her mother is an orphan.”
-Pope Francis
“Mary seeks for those who
approach her devoutly and
with reverence, for such she
loves, nourishes, and adopts
as her children.”
-St. Bonaventure
“We never give more honour
to Jesus than when we
honour his Mother, and we
honour her simply and solely
to honour him all the more
perfectly. We go to her only
as a way leading to the goal
we seek - Jesus, her Son.”
-St. Louis de Montfort
“That one woman is both
mother and virgin, not in
spirit only but even in body.
In spirit she is mother, not of
our head, who is our Savior
himself-of whom all, even she
herself, are rightly called
children of the bridegroom-
but plainly she is the mother
of us who are his members,
because by love she has
cooperated so that the
faithful, who are the
members of that head, might
be born in the Church. In
body, indeed, she is the
Mother of that very head.”
-Saint Augustine
“Let us bind ourselves tightly
to the Sorrowful Heart of our
Heavenly Mother and reflect
on it's boundless grief and
how precious is our soul.”
-St. Pio of Pietrelcina
“Mary having co-operated in
our redemption with so much
glory to God and so much
love for us, Our Lord ordained
that no one shall obtain
salvation except through her
intercession.”
-St. Alphonsus Liguori
“The greatest saints, those
richest in grace and virtue will
be the most assiduous in
praying to the most Blessed
Virgin, looking up to her as
the perfect model to imitate
and as a powerful helper to
assist them.”
-St. Louis de Montfort
“No man is delivered or
preserved from the world-
wide snares of Satan save
through Mary; and God
grants His graces to no one
except through her alone.”
~Saint Germanus~
“Whoever does not wish to
have Mary Immaculate as his
Mother will not have Christ as
his Brother.”
~Saint Maximillian Kolbe~
"From Mary we learn to
surrender to God's Will in all
things. From Mary we learn to
trust even when all hope
seems gone. From Mary we
learn to love Christ her Son
and the Son of God!"
~Saint Pope John Paul II~
“Such is the will of God that
we should have everything
through Mary.”
~Saint Alphonsus Liguori~

“By the fall a poison was
handed to mankind through a
woman [Eve], by the
Redemption man was given
salvation also through a
woman [Mary].”
~Saint Augustine~
“When she was asked to
become the mother of the
Messiah, Mary's faith enabled
her to give a humble and
generous response.... Mary's
faith was frequently tested
during the public life of Jesus,
especially when she
witnessed the rejection of her
son.”
~Saint Pope John Paul II~
“At the foot of the cross, her
pilgrimage of faith had its
moment of most severe
testing. Mary continued to
believe that, because Jesus
was the Son of God. His
sacrifice would bring salvation
to humanity.”
~Saint Pope John Paul II~
“Mary is the sure path to our
meeting with Christ. Devotion
to the Mother of the Lord,
when it is genuine, is always
an impetus to a life guided by
the spirit and values of the
Gospel.”
~Saint Pope John Paul II~
"If the hurricanes of
temptation rise against you,
or you are running upon the
rocks of trouble, look to the
star - call on Mary!"
~ Saint Bernard of Clairvaux~
"O who can tell the beauty,
the purity, the innocence of
Mary! She knows everything,
and yet she seems to know
nothing, so childlike is she.
She lowers her eyes and,
when she looks up, her
glance penetrates like a ray,
like a pure beam of light, like
truth itself! It is because she
is perfectly innocent, full of
God, and without returns
upon self. None can resist her
grace."
~Anne Catherine Emmerich~
“Seek refuge in Mary because
she is the city of refuge. We
know that Moses set up three
cities of refuge for anyone
who inadvertently killed his
neighbor. Now the Lord has
established a refuge of
mercy, Mary, even for those
who deliberately commit evil.
Mary provides shelter and
strength for the sinner."
~Anthony of Padua~
“Never be afraid of loving the
Blessed Virgin too much. You
can never love her more than
Jesus did.”
~Saint Maximilian Kolbe~
"To give worthy praise to the
Lord's mercy, we unite
ourselves with Your
Immaculate Mother, for then
our hymn will be more
pleasing to You, because She
is chosen from among men
and angels. Through Her, as
through a pure crystal, Your
mercy was passed on to us.
Through Her, man became
pleasing to God; Through
Her, streams of grace flowed
down upon us."
~Saint Faustina~
"If you invoke the Blessed
Virgin when you are tempted,
she will come at once to your
help, and Satan will leave
you."
~Saint John Vianney~
"The Immaculate alone has
from God the promise of
victory over Satan. She seeks
souls that will consecrate
themselves entirely to her,
that will become in her hands
forceful instruments for the
defeat of Satan and the
spread of God's kingdom."
~Saint Maximilian Kolbe~
"Love our Lady. And she will
obtain abundant grace to help
you conquer in your daily
struggle."
~Saint Josemaria Escriva~
“No one will ever be the
servant of the Son without
serving the Mother.”
~Saint Ildephonsus, Bishop~
"After the love which we owe
Jesus Christ, we must give
the chief place in our heart to
the love of His Mother Mary.”
~Saint Alphonsus Liguori~
“With reason did the Most
Holy Virgin predict that all
generations would call her
blessed, for all the Elect
obtain eternal salvation
through the means of Mary."
~Saint Ildephonsus, Bishop~
If you ever feel distressed
during your day — call upon
our Lady — just say this
simple prayer: 'Mary, Mother
of Jesus, please be a mother
to me now.' I must admit —
this prayer has never failed
me."
~Saint Mother Teresa~